Car-bumper.



Nm 780035. Y PATENTE JAN. 1905. G. W, HIXSN @L At .KGHTLNGBR UAB,BUMPER.

APyLuAlloN FILED 0011.17, w04.

No.. 79(9,035 PATENTED JAN. l?, 1905. G. W. HIXSON a A. KGHTLINGBR.

GAR BUMPER.

APPMUATIGN FILED 00T. 17, 1904.

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@Wi/Mk lllrrn Patented January 1"?, 1905.

GEORGE WV. HIXSON AND ABERHAM KlGHTLlNGER, OF CAMBRIIN'E, @l-11G.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,035, dated January17', 1905.

Application liled October 17, 1904. Serial No. 228,862. i

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Be it known that we, GEORGE W HIXSON and Annul-IAM KIGHTLINGER, citizenset the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Guernseyand State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in CarvBumpers, et which the following is a specilication.

'1` his invention is an automatic car-bumper designed particularly foruse in coal-mines to block or trip cars which are operated on aninclined track to prevent them from running beyond the end et' the trackinto the shaft,y and in general to allord means for stopping' a carwhenever desired. The device can also be used en a tipple or other dumpto prevent cars from running into the screen.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a plan View. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 1 are cross-sections on the line 3 3 et' Fig. 1with the parts in different positions.

Referring speciiically to the drawings, the operating mechanism issupported upon side stringers or beams 6, which are heavy timbers andwhich also support the cross-ties 7. lhe rails are shown at 8, and atthe end thereof is a tilting section 9, pivotally connected, as at 10,with the [ish-plates at the ends oi the liked rails. r1`he Vlree end ofthis tilting' section is supported upon a cross beam 11, springs 12being interposed to permit the section to lower under the weight of acar and to raise the section when the car is removed.

At 13 are indicated the bumper horns or abutments. These are carriedupon rockshai'ts 14 and swing' laterally thereon, as indicated in Figs.3 and 1, to bring the horns in er out of line with the rails. Therock-shafts are held in boxes 15, supported by base-plates 16, whichbridge the space between two of the ties. The rock-shafts 111 areslidable lengthtrack.

presented inclines 19, at the higher ends of which are openings 26through the plate 18. Upon these inclines 19 ridethe hooked o1'dewnturned ends or' gravity-latches 21, which are pivotally connected toarms 22, which project downwardly from the horns 13. Springs 23,connected in tension between said arms and the ul'iturned ends o1 theplate 18, tend to normally throw the horns in above the rails in linewith the car-wheels.

At 24 is indicated a lever, fulcrumed at25 and having' at one endupturncd portions 26 in contact against the under side of the tiltingtrack-section 9. At the other end the lever has projections 27, whichwork through the openings 2O in the cross plate 18 and are adapted tostrike the ends o1 the gravitylatches 21 and lift the same above theupper or square ends o1 the inclines 19.

At 28 is indicated a lever for setting the horns, operated by a handle29 at the side of the track. This lever is connected by ropes 30, whichpass through pulleys 51 and around guide-pulleys 32 to the arms 22.

In operation the parts maybe arranged according to the use desired,either to let cars pass one at a time along a continuous track or tostop single ears at the end of a track. r1`he horns are set or thrownout of line with the track by swinging the lever 28, which throws thearms 22 inwardly and spreads or opens the horns 13, so that the wheelsof a car will pass along' the track therebetween. Wlhen the horns are soswung' open, the gravity-latches 21 ride up the inclincs 19 and dropover the ends thereof, thereby holding the parts as set with the trackclear. 1/Vhen a car passes, it rides upon the tilting portion 9 anddepresses the same, depressing the end 26 oi the lever 2st, the otherend of which lilts and trips the gravitylatches 21, and the springs 23by their pull on the arms 22 immediately throw the horns in above therails in position to block the wheels of the car. As stated above, theparts may be so arrr'tngcd that the horns will catch the rear wheels oi"a ear, the front wheels of which operate the trip, or the parts may beso arranged that the horns will let one car pass and catch a succeedingone, the arrangement depending entirely upon the distance of the tiltingsection from the horns. Successive operations simply involve therepetition of the operation above described.

If and when desired, the action of the horns can be prevented and aclear track left by swinging them open and then holding or fastening thelevel` 29 in any suitable manner.

That we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a car-bumper, abntments pivoted beside the track, means to swingthe same over the track, and a tilting track-section connected to, andcontrolling the operation of, said means.

2. In a car-bumper, in combination, swinging abutments located besidethe track-rails, means to swing the same over the rails, latchesconnected to the abutments and holding the same from the rails, atilting track-section, and a trip between the section and the latches,actuated by the former to release the latter.

3. In a car-bumper, in combination, abutments pivoted beside the railsand tending to swing thereover, latches connected to the abutments andholding' the same from the rails, means to set the abutments andlatches, and car-actuated means to trip the latches and release theabutments.

LI. In a car-bumper, the combination with the track having a tiltingsection, of abutments pivoted beside the track-rails and constructed toswing to or from the same, springs behind said pivots, to cushion-theabutments, springs connected to the abutments and tending to swing' thesame over the rails, latches connected to the abntments and constructedto prevent the said action, and means operated by the tiltingtrack-section to release said latches. Y

5. In a car-bumper, the combination with the track having' a tilting'section, of abutments pivoted beside the track-rails and havingdepending' arms, latches connected to said arms and arranged toengagefixtures under the track, a hand-lever connected to said arms, forswinging' the abutments from thev rails and engaging the latches, and atrip between the said track-section and the latches, actuated by theformer to release the latter.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this speciiication inthe presence of two subscribing' witnesses.

esoneri w. HiXsoN. ABERHAM KIGHTLINGER.

Vitnesses: v D. L. RANKIN, WV. YV. STEUART.

